Owl's Head

High on a promontory near Rockland Harbor, this short, brick tower was one of the picturesque lights mentioned when Maine was dubbed "The Lighthouse State." One keeper's dog is credited with saving a distressed mailboat by barking continuously when the fog bell was buried in snow. In another favorite tale, two lovers were trapped in a wrecked schooner during a vicious storm and frozen together in an embrace in a kind of icy cocoon. The keeper managed to rescue and unthaw them. They recovered, and married. The keeper's house now is a residence for a Coast Guard family, but it sits in a state park open to the public. Owls Head Light Station was built in 1825.